Roy Moore continues to deny knowing some of the women who have accuse him of sexual abuse. Now one of those women, Debbie Wesson Gibson reportedly tells the Washington post she has proof.
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Laurie Roberts: Democrats have stopped looking the other way. Meanwhile, Republicans are making a science of it in their support of Roy Moore.

In this Monday, Sept. 25, 2017, file photo, former Alabama Chief Justice and U.S. Senate candidate Roy Moore speaks at a rally, in Fairhope, Ala. In the face of sexual misconduct allegations, Moore's U.S. Senate campaign has been punctuated by tense moments and long stretches without public appearances. Moore faces Democrat Doug Jones for Alabama's U.S. Senate seat in the Dec. 12 election.(Photo: Brynn Anderson, AP)

Republicans, meanwhile, are hoping to put Roy Moore, a possible child molester, in the United States Senate.

If Republicans look any the other way any harder, their heads might just pop right off.

GOP did the right thing at first

Nine women have accused Moore of sexual misconduct, including five who say he molested or pursued them when they were teens and he was in his 30s. Others in his hometown say Moore was known to troll the shopping mall where young girls hung out.

Moore denies even knowing his accusers – just ignore all the circumstantial evidence that says he did – and has proclaimed the whole thing a political witch hunt.

These women -- nine of them – aren’t lobbing accusations from the comfy cover of anonymity. They’ve put their names on the line, hoping that would count for something, knowing they’d be called liars and worse.

Initially, prominent Republicans did the right and moral thing and urged Moore to get out of the race.

But then President Donald Trump endorsed Moore, saying he needs a reliable vote. And then the Republican National Committee, which had severed ties with Moore, decided he wasn’t such a bad guy after all when he refused to drop out. The RNC is presently shoveling money his way to make sure Alabama’s GOP nominee prevails in next week’s special election.

Readers explain why Moore should win

Meanwhile, Republican readers in Arizona have explained to me the various reasons why Moore should win.

1. Because the accusations are up to 40 years old and the women (or children) should have come forward at the time. (Because, of course, they would have been believed had they just spoken up.)

"‘Innocent until proven guilty’ has served the USA well for over 230 years. I don't know why you want to throw it out now,” wrote Jim.

Or, as one caller put it: "It's been so many years ago, who knows? They could be whores, just like you."

2. Because an obvious conspiracy is afoot, one cooked up by either Democrats or the media. Or maybe both. (It couldn't be that the women are speaking out now because they’ve been inspired by the #metoo movement that has swept the land.

Says Craig: “If they can conjure up a fake dossier – this is a piece of cake.”

3. Because protecting the lives of unborn children is paramount. (Far more important, apparently, than protecting them once they're born and have reached puberty.)

“Maybe Alabamans, and especially Moore’s women supporters, have decided that to support Moore’s rival Doug Jones is to support abortion, which to them is an even bigger evil, thus supporting and voting for Roy Moore is their only option,” Antonio wrote.

4. Because of the Supreme Court.

“Do you not realize that many of us, mostly Republican, but probably a Democrat or two, place SCOTUS as the primary concern in American politics today?” Jerry asked. “That is why we support either McSally or Ward to replace Flake. Why we will hold our nose and tolerate a Sen Moore. A conservative Supreme Court is uppermost in our minds. SCOTUS should be in the hands of conservatives to protect the Constitution from activist jurists. It is that simple.”

5. Because – and this one's my favorite – the accusations that he groped women, pursued children and forced a couple of girls to touch him in places where teen-age hands don't belong -- aren’t really all that bad.

“If he is guilty," Scott wrote, "the only one that is bad is the 14 year old as (the) age of consent in Alabama is 16. And as long as he didn’t force himself onto these girls, whether or not YOU think it’s OK for a 30 year old to chase 16 year olds is irrelevant.”

So say Republicans circa 2017, who sound a lot like Democrats circa 1998. Looking here, there and anywhere but at the biggest elephant in the room.